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There is “much more to come” from Jude Bellingham, according to Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic.
Bellingham captained the Bundesliga side during Wednesday’s 4-1 win at Sevilla, where he became just the second teenager to score in the first three games of a Champions League campaign.
The only other player to achieve that feat is his former Dortmund team-mate Erling Haaland, who did so with Salzburg in the 2019-20 season.
Bellingham’s tally of three Champions League goals this season is already a joint-high among English teenagers for a single campaign, along with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, back in 2004-05.
The 19-year-old England international has been in good form for club and country, and Terzic believes he can get even better.
“[Bellingham] has been playing very consistently, getting more control and balance in his game,” he said at a press conference ahead of Dortmund’s Der Klassiker clash with Bayern Munich.
“We are very happy with the way he presents himself here every day. But this is not the end, there is much more to come.”
Dortmund and Bayern head into Saturday’s contest level on points in the Bundesliga, both two points behind surprise leaders Union Berlin and second-placed Freiburg.
Terzic is hopeful his team can produce a similar performance to the one in Seville, rather than their last league outing, where they lost 3-2 at Koln.
“We will not only need a good and disciplined tactical performance; we will need courage too,” he said. “Courage to keep the ball, courage in one-on-ones and to get shots away.
“Not only against Bayern, but especially against Bayern.”
The 39-year-old confirmed Marco Reus will not return for the game, having already been out with an ankle injury before illness halted his rehabilitation this week.
However, Mats Hummels could be back after his own illness, with a hopeful Terzic saying: “We would be very happy if he were an option. It’s a case of seeing how he feels and how his body reacts to the workload.”
